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Crochet doily: six rounds of mesh, shells and picots

Work 16 double crochets, then 16 spaces, 16 three-dc groups, 16 chain loops and 16 shells, and finish each shell with a picot.

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Joined roundsUS termsHook: 1.75 mm steel for thread, or 4 mm (US G-6) for light cottonSize from your washed swatchcrochet thread or DK yarn

Know these stitches: double crochet, chain, single crochet, picot stitch

The finished doily.

Materials and yarn planning

Yarns we’ve reviewed that suit it: Bernat Softee Cotton yarn, Lion Brand 24/7 Cotton DK yarn. For the hook, choose by size and handle.

This pattern has about 336 stitches. For a closer figure in your own yarn, weigh what you have made once a good part is done, divide by the stitches made so far, multiply by 336 and divide by the ball weight on the label. Taller stitches use more yarn than short ones, so allow a margin.

Finished size and gauge

Measure the washed, blocked diameter. Doilies need pinning flat while damp to open the lace.

The gauge calculator compares your swatch with the pattern. A stitch name you do not know is in the abbreviation chart; a UK pattern’s names are in the US/UK term reference.

The pattern

Count rows for this pattern

Center

  1. Round 1: chain 6 and slip stitch to the first chain to make a ring. Chain 3 (counts as a double crochet) and work 15 double crochets into the ring, join: 16 stitches.
  2. Round 2: chain 4 (counts as a double crochet and chain 1), [double crochet in the next stitch, chain 1] 15 times, join to the third chain of the chain 4: 16 double crochets and 16 spaces.
  3. Round 3: slip stitch into the first space, chain 3, 2 double crochets in the same space, chain 1, [3 double crochets in the next space, chain 1] 15 times, join: 48 double crochets.

Loops, shells and picots

  1. Round 4: slip stitch to the next chain-1 space, chain 1, single crochet in the same space, [chain 5, single crochet in the next chain-1 space] 15 times, chain 5, join to the first single crochet: 16 loops.
  2. Round 5: [single crochet in the next single crochet, (3 double crochets, chain 2, 3 double crochets) in the next loop] 16 times, join: 16 shells.
  3. Round 6: [single crochet in the next 3 double crochets, (single crochet, chain 3, single crochet) in the chain-2 space, single crochet in the next 3 double crochets, skip the single crochet] 16 times, join: 16 picots.
  4. Fasten off. Pin flat while damp and leave to dry.

Check the work

Rounds 2 to 6 each have 16 repeats: spaces, groups, loops, shells and picots. Round 3 has 48 double crochets; Round 5 has 96 double crochets and 16 single crochets, 112 stitches; Round 6 has 128 single crochets.

Stitches in each round, chains not counted16 · 16 · 48 · 16 · 112 · 128
  • If the doily waves, block it harder or check for an extra loop in Round 4.
  • If it cups, loosen the chain 5 loops.

Updated . Stitch counts checked row by row; we haven’t crocheted a sample of this one yet. How the patterns are checked. Keep your yarn label, hook and swatch on the printable project worksheet.

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